Trump Attacks Sessions Over Recusal 2017/07/19

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President Trump expressed regret for hiring Attorney General Jeff Sessions, saying “How do you take a job and then recuse yourself? If he would have recused himself before the job, I would have said, ‘Thanks, Jeff, but I’m not going to take you.’ It’s extremely unfair — and that’s a mild word — to the president,”

Trump made the remarks in an interview with the New York Times.

The Justice Department declined to comment on the remarks.

In the interview, Trump also criticized James Comey, the former FBI director he fired in May;